In 1978 the CPBML published a pamphlet titled Food for the People!. We quoted experts in agricultural research who argued that Britain certainly could be self-sufficient in food production, and had a highly efficient agricultural sector
Under the environmental land management schemes of the previous government, still in force and applicable in England, farmers are paid to adopt sustainable farming practices to take land out of food production.
Data centres are an interesting case – a fairly recent development, certainly at scale. They control and support large sectors of the economy.
The prison population in England and Wales has doubled over the last 30 years. It now stands at over 86,000: Britain has the highest incarceration rate of any Western European country.
Headlines from the latest Employer Skills Survey 2022 compared to 2017
Before the early 2000s, Britain’s universities were almost wholly funded by taxpayers, but the amount halved between 1975 and 2000.
As with so much in public services, the parliamentary act was the culmination of local struggles, and efforts by members of the library profession.
The government has already committed a massive £12 billion to carrying on the Ukraine war since February 2022.
Far from creating wealth or adding value, private equity (PE) is another capitalist way to filch wealth already created by workers.
The queues of would-be patients waiting to register with a Bristol dental practice that offered NHS treatment that hit the headlines in early February were a shocking reminder of the state of dentistry.
The Conservative conference went into overdrive as government ministers vied with each other to be seen as tough on immigration. But all that mattered to them was the being seen part.
East-West Rail is a project currently renewing and rebuilding a largely disused rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.
To fit with the government’s scaled-down plans the station at Old Oak Common will have to be completely redesigned with more platforms to act as a terminus rather than a through station as originally planned
As an example of how the Climate Change Committee’s targets fail to mesh with reality, consider how our homes are to be heated...
Modern healthcare is entirely reliant on teamwork
As workers began to challenge the power of capital and employers at the start of the industrial revolution, trade unions were simply made illegal by the Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800.
Events at the King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) in Totnes demonstrate the need for scepticism when purely economic arguments are put forward.
23 December 2022
Very much like capitalism in Britain, the EU is clueless about how to run an economy. A particular weakness is the European Central Bank, run by the famously helpless Christine Lagarde.
22 December 2022
The idea of separating emergency and elective (planned) care is not new but the genuine determination to improve services after the Covid pandemic has given this impetus.
Before the Labour government under Tony Blair, immigration from the EU was substantial, but not overwhelming.
How can more Londoners be moved to think that they are part of Britain?
A new rare earth refinery – the Pensana development at the Saltend Chemicals Park, Humber (Port of Hull), is to be operational by 2023.
It was indeed the Labour government elected in 1945 that pushed for the idea of NATO in the first place.
New EU rules for Covid tests are set to replace British law in Northern Ireland despite warnings that this may cause shortages and a lower quality of tests.
Rail use is currently around 80 per cent of pre-Covid levels, but it is expected to recover and grow further in time.
There are three elements to the Environmental Management Scheme, which applies to England.
Closure of the Rough gas storage field in 2017 made Britain increasingly dependent on others for our basic energy supply.
Take a look at some of those who have passed through World Economic Forum education programmes...
A database published by the government in October revealed that raw sewage poured into east London rivers for thousands of hours in 2020.
